February, 2000

Barro R. and J.W. Lee

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README

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The two EXCEL files contain updates of the data on educational
attainment at various levels for a broad number of countries in the
world (see Barro, Robert J. and Jong-Wha Lee, "International Data on
Educational Attainment: Updates and Implications," manuscript, Harvard
University, February 2000.). The data set provides the estimates for two
different age groups- over age 15 and over age 25- and a breakdown by
sex at five-year intervals for the years 1960-2000. It also includes the
number of years of schooling achieved by the average person at the
various levels and at all levels of schooling combined.

 

The PANEL_DATA reports the same data by the order of Summers-Heston
V.5.0 country code (as in Barro-Lee Data Set). It has all four
worksheets: two worksheets for each age group of the population - one
for the distribution of educational attainment and the other for the
average years of schooling. The name of the variables is as follows. The
last two numbers behind a variable denotes the year of the observations:
year=99 is used to denote 2000. If the variable has 15 in the middle of
the name, it refers to the group of the population aged 15 and above.

 

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_Definition of Variables_

_Variable _	: _Definition_

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SHCODE : Numerical code in Summers-Heston v.5.0.

(138 countries in Barro-Lee data set)

LU : Percentage of "no schooling" in the total population

LUM : Percentage of "no schooling" in the male population

LUF : Percentage of "no schooling" in the female population

LP : Percentage of "primary school attained" in the total pop.

LPM : Percentage of "primary school attained" in the male pop.

LPF : Percentage of "primary school attained" in the female pop.

LPC : Percentage of "primary school complete" in the total pop.

LPCM : Percentage of "primary school complete" in the male pop.

LPCF : Percentage of "primary school complete" in the female pop.

LS : Percentage of "secondary school attained" in the total pop.

LSM : Percentage of "secondary school attained" in the male pop.

LSF : Percentage of "secondary school attained" in female pop.

LSC : Percentage of "secondary school complete" in the total pop.

LSCM : Percentage of "secondary school complete" in the male pop.

LSCF : Percentage of "secondary school complete" in female pop.

LH : Percentage of "higher school attained" in the total pop.

LHM : Percentage of "higher school attained" in the male pop.

LHF : Percentage of "higher school attained" in female pop.

LHC : Percentage of "higher school complete" in the total pop.

LHCM : Percentage of "higher school complete" in the male pop.

LHCF : Percentage of "higher school complete" in female pop.

TYR : Average schooling years in the total population.

TYRM : Average schooling years in the male population.

TYRF : Average schooling years in the female population.

PYR : Average years of primary schooling in the total population.

PYRM : Average years of primary schooling in the male population.

PYRF : Average years of primary schooling in the female population.

SYR : Average years of secondary schooling in the total population.

SYRM : Average years of secondary schooling in the male population.

SYRF : Average years of secondary schooling in the female population.

HYR : Average years of higher schooling in the total population.

HYRM : Average years of higher schooling in the male population.

HYRF : Average years of higher schooling in the female population.

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List of Countries

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Country

	

SHCODE

	

	

	

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_Middle East and North Africa_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Algeria

	

1

	

	

Bahrain

	

80

	

	

Cyprus

	

109

	

	

Egypt

	

13

	

	

Iran, I.R. of

	

87

	

	

Iraq

	

88

	

	

Israel

	

89

	

	

Jordan

	

91

	

	

Kuwait

	

93

	

	

Libya

	

.

	

	

Malta

	

120

	

	

Morocco

	

29

	

	

Oman

	

96

	

	

Saudi Arabia

	

99

	

	

Syria

	

102

	

	

Tunisia

	

43

	

	

United Arab Em.

	

105

	

	

Yemen, N.Arab

	

106

	

	

	

	

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_Sub-Saharan Africa_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Angola

	

2

	

	

Benin

	

3

	

	

Botswana

	

4

	

	

Burkina Faso

	

5

	

	

Burundi

	

6

	

	

Cameroon

	

7

	

	

Cape verde

	

8

	

	

Central Afr. R.

	

9

	

	

Chad

	

10

	

	

Comoros

	

11

	

	

Congo

	

12

	

	

Cote d'Ivoire

	

20

	

	

Ethiopia

	

14

	

	

Gabon

	

15

	

	

Gambia

	

16

	

	

Ghana

	

17

	

	

Guinea

	

18

	

	

Guinea-Bissau

	

19

	

	

Kenya

	

21

	

	

Lesotho

	

22

	

	

Liberia

	

23

	

	

Madagascar

	

24

	

	

Malawi

	

25

	

	

Mali

	

26

	

	

Mauritania

	

27

	

	

Mauritius

	

28

	

	

Mozambique

	

30

	

	

Namibia

	

.

	

	

Niger

	

31

	

	

Nigeria

	

32

	

	

Reunion

	

.

	

	

Rwanda

	

33

	

	

Senegal

	

34

	

	

Seychelles

	

35

	

	

Sierra Leone

	

36

	

	

Somalia

	

37

	

	

South Africa

	

38

	

	

Sudan

	

39

	

	

Swaziland

	

40

	

	

Tanzania

	

41

	

	

Togo

	

42

	

	

Uganda

	

44

	

	

Zaire

	

45

	

	

Zambia

	

46

	

	

Zimbabwe

	

47

	

	

	

	

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_Latin America and the Carribean_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Antigua & Barb.

	

.

	

	

Argentina

	

67

	

	

Bahamas, The

	

48

	

	

Barbados

	

49

	

	

Belize

	

.

	

	

Bolivia

	

68

	

	

Brazil

	

69

	

	

Chile

	

70

	

	

Colombia

	

71

	

	

Costa Rica

	

51

	

	

Dominica

	

52

	

	

Dominican Rep.

	

53

	

	

Ecuador

	

72

	

	

El Salvador

	

54

	

	

Grenada

	

55

	

	

Guatemala

	

56

	

	

Guyana

	

73

	

	

Haiti

	

57

	

	

Honduras

	

58

	

	

Jamaica

	

59

	

	

Mexico

	

60

	

	

Nicaragua

	

61

	

	

Panama

	

62

	

	

Paraguay

	

74

	

	

Peru

	

75

	

	

Pueto Rico

	

.

	

	

St.Kitts& Nevis

	

.

	

	

St.Lucia

	

63

	

	

St.Vincent & G.

	

64

	

	

Suriname

	

76

	

	

Trinidad & Tob.

	

65

	

	

Uruguay

	

77

	

	

Venezuela

	

78

	

	

	

	

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_East Asia and the Pacific_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Brunei

	

.

	

	

Cambodia

	

.

	

	

Fiji

	

132

	

	

Hong Kong

	

84

	

	

Indonesia

	

86

	

	

Korea

	

92

	

	

Malaysia

	

94

	

	

Papua New Guin.

	

134

	

	

Philippines

	

98

	

	

Singapore

	

100

	

	

Solomon Islands

	

135

	

	

Taiwan

	

103

	

	

Thailand

	

104

	

	

Tonga

	

136

	

	

Vanuatu

	

137

	

	

Viet Nam

	

.

	

	

Western Samoa

	

138

	

	

	

	

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_South Asia_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Afghanistan

	

79

	

	

Bangladesh

	

81

	

	

India

	

85

	

	

Myanmar (Burma)

	

82

	

	

Nepal

	

95

	

	

Pakistan

	

97

	

	

Sri Lanka

	

101

	

	

	

	

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_Advanced Countries_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Australia

	

131

	

	

Austria

	

107

	

	

Belgium

	

108

	

	

Canada

	

50

	

	

Denmark

	

110

	

	

Finland

	

111

	

	

France

	

112

	

	

Germany, West/ Germany, United

	

113

	

	

Greece

	

114

	

	

Iceland

	

116

	

	

Ireland

	

117

	

	

Italy

	

118

	

	

Japan

	

90

	

	

Luxembourg

	

119

	

	

Netherlands

	

121

	

	

New Zealand

	

133

	

	

Norway

	

122

	

	

Portugal

	

124

	

	

Spain

	

125

	

	

Sweden

	

126

	

	

Switzerland

	

127

	

	

Turkey

	

128

	

	

United Kingdom

	

129

	

	

United States

	

66

	

	

	

	

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_Transitional Economies_

	

	

	

	

	

	

Albania

	

.

	

	

Bulgaria

	

.

	

	

China

	

83

	

	

Croatia

	

.

	

	

Cuba

	

.

	

	

Czech

	

.

	

	

Czechoslovakia

	

.

	

	

Estonia

	

.

	

	

Germany, East

	

.

	

	

Hungary

	

115

	

	

Kazakhastan

	

.

	

	

Latvia

	

.

	

	

Lithuania

	

.

	

	

Moldova

	

.

	

	

Poland

	

123

	

	

Romania

	

.

	

	

Slovakia

	

.

	

	

Slovenia

	

.

	

	

Tajikistan

	

.

	

	

U.S.S.R./ Russia

	

.

	

	

Yugoslavia

	

130

	

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